---
title: "Physician License Application"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/healthcare-and-pharmaceutical-law-en/physician-license-application-en"
field: "Healthcare & Pharmaceutical Law"
description: "Physician certificate application in Georgia: documents, deadlines, the silence rule and appeal of refusal. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-13"
updated: "2026-10-20"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Physician License Application

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An application for a physician's state certificate in Georgia is a written procedure whose every stage — from the list of documents to the appeal of a refusal — is defined by Articles 21, 22, 23, 28 and 10 of the Law on Medical Practice. This page describes the full trajectory of the application and explains the deadlines that keep the applicant protected.

## The list of documents

Article 21 of the Law determines the basis for issuing a specialist physician's state certificate: the seeker's written application in the established form; a copy of the higher medical education diploma; a state certificate confirming completion of a postgraduate education (professional training) course in the relevant specialty — residency or an alternative postgraduate program; a recommendation from the head of the course or from the head of the institution where the seeker worked; a state certificate confirming the passing of the certification examination; a document confirming an employment relationship, if one exists; and a description of the works carried out over the last 2 years in the relevant specialty. For persons educated abroad the law establishes two separate tracks: for the first list of countries an application, a copy of the diploma and the certificate of the right to independent practice received there suffice; for the second list a postgraduate-course certificate and a certification-examination certificate are additionally required.

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### When does the answer arrive?

A decision within 2 months, notice within a further 10 days; after 70 days of silence the right to begin practice opens.

### Can a refusal be appealed?

Yes — to court; communicating the written basis is the Council's duty.

### Which documents are filed?

The Article 21 list — from the application to the description of the last 2 years of work; separate tracks for foreign education.